If I were to ask most people if they were afraid, in that moment, most people would say no. If I asked them again in a stressful moment, they may say yes.

Fear is something that we all live with, in fact most of our decisions, our actions and our words are fear based. This may seem ridiculous, impossible, doesn’t apply to me! Yet the fact remains that insecurity is one of the most dominant ‘feelings’ in humankind today.

Insecurity shows up in many diverse ways, we often fail to realise it is insecurity based. Anxiety is a huge underlying issue yet ignored for the most part, ignored until it manifests as a problem. Then of course we try to ‘fix’ the manifesting problem, coming from a place of insecurity there is no fix possible, we simply add chaos and confusion to the situation having failed to recognise why it, the situation, arose in the first place.

If we look, in more detail, how it is possible that most decisions and actions are based on fear / anxiety it may be easier to recognise cause and effect and ‘do’ something positive about it, rather than wait for the issue to manifest and then have to do something about it. Denial is a wonderful ally but it doesn’t help you escape from who you are, in the bigger picture you are going to come up against all that you have avoided /denied. Best start working on it now, the sooner the better, before it manifests and forces you into another reactive situation.

It is easy to list areas in which fear / anxiety control our lives on both conscious and subconscious levels.

Health! A major aspect of our lives. While our lives are controlled by a media that has its own agenda we are easily manipulated into believing that we need to ‘do’ this, take that, buy this, practice this, avoid that, eat this, don’t eat that, get this check up, get that procedure.

If we don’t do as we are told then we are told there will be terrible consequences. The amount of information currently available is enormous, much of it conflicting. Who to believe! What to do? If we had no fear or anxiety then it is quite possible that we would not be affected by external forces that are trying to move us in particular directions. Being force fed a diet that has been designed to play upon deeply rooted fears we simply give more energy, consciously or otherwise, to those fears which allow them to manifest at some point.

For those who have been practicing clearing it is obvious that where we put our attention leads to a strengthening and eventual manifestation of that energy. Put your attention on anger, anger arises.

If you are afraid of contracting any disease, simply because the media tells you that you are in danger, a high risk case, then on a subconscious level fear has been triggered. Fear is going to be the force that allows the illness to manifest.. There may not be a great deal we can ‘do’ about old, inherited conditions, situations that we are not aware of until they become a problem. The more we practice not giving energy to that which shows up the more likely we are to lead relatively pain free lives simply because we no longer give energy to every little thing that shows up in our awareness.

Are you afraid of losing something? Health. Wealth. Material Possessions. Friends. Are you afraid of heights? Of being closed in? Of spiders? Of your neighbour? Are your fears anything more than a lack of awareness of your true nature? In all the years I have been practicing and teaching ‘clearing’ it has become obvious that fear is the root cause for all disease, for all poverty, for all discrimination, for all chaos, for all wars. It is the one simple fact that underlies our experience.

Fear arises from a lack of awareness, an awareness of our true nature, not the conditioned awareness that is so prevalent today. This lack of awareness is not something new, though the broadening knowledge of it is relatively new. While we continue to give energy to our subconscious, conditioned mind, fear will always play a great part in shaping the world we live in. It is not possible to create a new world while the majority of those who are wanting to create a new reality are still fear based.

We need to see these fears for what they truly are, a conditioned response brought about by mass hypnosis. Rather than face all of these fears individually, which are all imaginary anyway, we should simply address whatever shows up in our life, in our reality, in our mind and in our hearts. Recognise that for the most part these thoughts and feelings arise from subtle levels of fear and stop empowering them. Stop feeding them. Stop identifying with them. Stop being a part of the problem and become a part of the solution.

There are many who say that there is nothing wrong with the world, it is an illusion after all. But for those lost in the illusion, feeding and empowering the illusion, there is something drastically wrong. Until we can all wake up from the illusion there appears to be something to do, wrongs to right, issues to take sides over. All of which simply adds to the chaos, confusion and conflict thus perpetuating the belief in the illusion.

The practice. Notice thoughts and feelings; recognise, accept and let go of the feeling / thought before it becomes a problem. Don’t wait to deal with a problem when there was no problem to begin with.

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http://www.ericdowsett.com/beyond-insecurity/#respondTue, 28 Jul 2015 02:45:34 +0000http://www.ericdowsett.com/?p=2504Last month I wrote about ‘insecurity’ and how it may well be the root cause for all issues we, and the world, face today. To look beyond insecurity, and no doubt there is something beyond insecurity, we must first move beyond the limitations that this ‘insecurity’ has imposed upon us.

Is it really necessary though, that we keep looking for any fundamental cause for the state we find ourselves in now? Even assuming we could find the fundamental issue, what good would it do us while we are still caught in the old patterns, the conditioning that arose out of insecurity. None at all, because the conditioning itself demands that we either come to terms with it or try to change our lives, again, from within the conditioning that created the perceived need for change in the first place.

Perhaps there is a shortcut to moving beyond our conditioning. If we were to ask who is it who feels insecure? Who is it who identifies with insecurity? Who is it that continues to suffer the effects of insecurity? We might, just might, be able to step out of the old model. For it is only the continued identification with this old model that sustains it. We should be aware by now that where we put our energy, our attention, creates the world we live in. Yet while we insist on continuing to energise conflict we continue to live in a conflicted world.

To begin understanding this elusive ‘who’ we need to practice non judgement. All the time we judge a feeling, a thought, others, a situation or ourselves we are perpetuating the illusory state based upon insecurity. While we judge, and energise, we remain caught trying to find a way out, a release, yet it should be obvious by now that there is no way out of this illusion, at least not from within the mind-set that created it.

Common feedback to this suggestion is ‘too hard’ ‘I cannot do that’. Listen to yourself? Who is finding this idea challenging? The ‘who’ who is lost in the drama of course. Yet it is not necessary that we release all judgement in one moment, although this happens more often than we credit ourselves. The difficulty is seeing a mountain, an obstacle, so great that we are discouraged before we even begin the journey.

Even this self defeatist attitude is a product of insecurity. Accept the mountain, accept the idea that this is difficult, accept the thought you cannot do this, accept the thought that this is too hard. As you accept each thought, each feeling that arises, without judging those thoughts or feelings, what are you left with? More thoughts and feelings, naturally. Thoughts and feelings continue to arise whilst the consciousness remains polarised. Judgement guarantees ongoing polarisation. So whilst the consciousness from which all thoughts and feelings arise is conflicted, in a judgmental condition, conflict will continue to arise giving cause for action, further judgment. And so it goes.

By noticing a defeatist attitude and naming it but then moving on, releasing any attachment or judgement we return to a more balanced, harmonious state. With practice this becomes easier to notice and let go.

Acceptance then is the key, not returning to a murky past to try to discover why you have a murky past, simple acceptance. On a moment by moment basis. Not difficult at all. Each moment that you are conscious of thoughts and feelings is a moment of choice, to move beyond the old conditioning, or to energise the past. A past that has given you many experiences but does not allow the creation of a new reality.

As you practice non judgment, as you allow, as you accept it becomes increasingly obvious that the ‘who’ you were looking for doesn’t exist. The ‘who’ is a construct of the searching mind. After all, someone has to be searching! Don’t they! But with continued acceptance the need to search fades into irrelevance. When there is nothing to look for and no ‘searcher’ there is no ‘who’, there is no one holding onto a past built on insecurity. There is no one, nor any thing to clear, it is what it is.

Or to Deny, often understood as a 4 letter word.. Something bad, something we should avoid ‘doing’

Yet is it?

We weren’t born in denial, we learnt how to do it, it was a survival mechanism employed to help the vulnerable young get through childhood. Problem is we never got over it, the art of denial that is, and have become masters, so much so that we are no longer even aware we do it.. Deny that is. Listen to the denials arising in you as you read this!

There are different ways to look at this, aren’t there always? One, we learn to shut out traumatic memories and the associated emotions as a result of experiencing, what is considered by the young child, to be situations that were both beyond our control and extremely uncomfortable. This is learning to survive a hostile environment. The big challenge here is that this type of denial seems to set us up to continue to experience similar situations later in life, and because of the associated memories, continue to deny the experience.

Associated with denial is blame. This is a conditioned response, often having no relevance to the current experience. When we hit out and blame another, even though we may not be clear on why we are doing this, other than the buried emotions are so strong that we live in fear of them ‘taking over’ our lives, as such we keep them buried, out of sight, out of mind. Denial.

Without understanding what is happening and why we remain victims to our memories.

Another aspect of denial is to recognise and accept that the world we know is going to hell in a hand basket. Rather than see this, we bury our heads in the sand and pretend it is not happening, This is another form of survival technique, though the old Grim Reaper cares not whether you can see him / her / it coming, you’ll still get your head chopped off! Scary.

We often fail to make the connections between our own past conditioning, which led to our advanced skills in denial, to the current way we deal with problems that arise in our everyday lives, even the problems that we refuse to acknowledge. And this is how many spend their lives, so deep in denial they don’t even know they are there.

People learning their way through ‘Clearing’ often confuse some of the process with denial. Is this really the case..

part two:

Denial or Liberation

According to some, we need to face down our denial, or maybe, face up to our issues, in order to move past them. We need (really?) to open the can of worms that is our childhood, face the nightmares and move on, only by doing this will we be free of the past.

Well, thanks, but no thanks. Been there done that. Got the ‘T’ Shirt, etc etc.

Just what was it that we were denying in the first place? An experience that we found too challenging to cope with? And why, well likely because we had only just learnt to walk, and were nowhere near developed enough to handle over the top trauma, well duh! But now, older, hopefully, though doubtfully, wiser, do we still need to hang onto the past ways of dealing with life’s challenges? Yet we have come to believe that this is who we are, a conditioned person behaving in a conditioned way, responding (reacting) to conditioned experiences.

Hmmmm

Lets take another look at denial, from a more enlightened point of view.

Denial is simply to not give energy to something. A point of view, an emotion, a thought. Simple.

Now, we assume that the points of view that we have acquired along the way reflect who we are. Trouble is, if denial is a learnt response, then there must have been someone existing before denial came knocking on the door. In the pre denial state a lot of the problems we face today never existed, they only arose in the past because of the way we handled life’s situations (denying them).

So, prior to denial entering our vocabulary, we accepted all that was, no judgement, no blame. In other words, it was all handled very nicely thank you very much. Post denial we became much more judgmental and into blame, having preferences, ‘denying’ various experiences because the memory was too painful to revisit. Life all of a sudden, started to get much more complicated.

If we denied because we didn’t have the physical strength, the emotional maturity, the mental awareness, then, to this day, we remain victims to that past conditioning.

But what, really, are we denying?

part three:

So, what exactly is it we are Denying?

If we accept that we deny in order to not feel what we assume to be pain, then we can narrow it down to the denial of a chemical change in the body that we either hold in judgement (based on a chemical response in the body), associate with painful memories (chemicals) or an overwhelmingly uncomfortable emotion (chemicals).

The bottom line, in all cases, is a shift in the chemical composition of the body brought about by a memory. We are afraid or embarrassed by something that is no longer real or relevant. By our continued denial we perpetuate this pattern, spending a lot of time and energy keeping the memory buried and the associated feelings (chemicals) from arising in our awareness.

As a result of this ‘denial’ these ‘hidden’ aspects of ourselves, essentially, these ‘unloved’ parts of us remain un-dealt with, unloved. They are still a part of who we believe ourselves to be albeit a hidden, sub-conscious part. But these parts continue to affect the experiences that show up on a daily basis, and more importantly, how we ‘deal’ with them. So, whether we are aware of it or not, we are caught in a loop, always trying to manage what shows up without recognising the part we play in creating that reality.

We are denying experiences that have no relevance to our world today. There is so much evidence being presented these days about how the world is re-imagined, moment by moment. We string those moments together and get a movie which we call life. Each moment has the potential to be new, really new, not just a rehash or repeat of the previous moment. Yet our conditioned mind, subject to the art of denial, simply recreates the next moment from what it considered the reality of the previous moment.

It would appear that we are creating new moments based upon a previous moment based upon a previous moment, none of which were in any sense of the word, ‘real.’ Following this line of ‘reasoning’ whatever, in the past, we assumed to be real, was just another illusory state that we gave energy to, thus making it manifest. Once it became manifest we had to ‘deal’ with it, thus giving it a sense of reality.

Yet if all of these past moments were simply the product of an ‘unclear’ or ‘deluded’ mind, what really, are we denying?

We are denying a memory of trauma that only existed because we were taught to give it energy, to be afraid, to be ashamed, to be whatever.

Learning to love all aspects of the self by no longer giving energy, by no longer judging, by no longer blaming, by no longer taking personally that which arises, is what ‘Clearing’ is all about. By learning how to love the self completely we create a new moment where denial has no place. When each new moment is not created from a place of fear, blame, judgement or identification with the chemicals that arise then the manifesting reality will shift. Away from one in which we find ourselves disempowered, into a truly empowering future..

The world we live in is a pretty amazing place. But, there is always room for improvement right?

The natural world is fine as it is, well it would be if greed fear and ignorance didn’t rule the day. Same with the human perceptions of the world, could it be improved if there were less greed, fear and ignorance around? Is greed, fear and ignorance a set condition for life in human form… If it isn’t, how are we going to sidestep it?

Do we need to work within the confines of our current ‘reality’ to create something new and more sustainable, or can we step outside of this reality, jump tracks as it were, to travel down a totally different path?

Of course, if anyone has already jumped tracks and exists in a parallel reality how could we possibly know? Without feedback we assume, rightly or wrongly, that there is only the one path, make the most / best of it while you walk it. Unless you know anyone who has simply disappeared, gone over to a parallel reality and kept in touch (not from a psychiatric hospital!).

It is conditioned thinking that maintains this reality, but is conditioned thinking the only way to go? Thinking outside the box, we are told, can solve problems, problems that were created inside the box. But just how far out of the box can you go without being locked up or losing it completely?

An interesting challenge, the box within which we currently operate cannot provide answers to problems that are created from within the box. Always assuming there are problems to be solved. Another dilemma. Are there any problems? If there are, the chances are they were created from within the box. No answers, of any lasting, positive, sustainable nature, can be found within the box, it is not the nature of the current box to be rational, logical, compassionate. Rather, it appears to be just the opposite. Although it contains elements of every imaginable aspect of humanity, unfortunately a limited, small box, point of view, maintains such a strongly polarised perception that reality follows, or fits within, these extremes.

How far out of the box do we need to go to find answers that are more rational, logical and compassionate? And, on those out of the box explorations, unless we take a bunch of people with us, there is not going to be anyone out there, as far as the limited ‘box’ thinking allows us to know, who is going to be able to understand the out of the box language.

So, in order to communicate effectively we need to keep one foot in the box. But if we keep one foot in the box it will anchor us to the commonly accepted reality. This, by its nature, prevents us from truly exploring out of the box and at the same time maintaining a level of communication that can be understood and appreciated by those who remain in the box.

If we manage to escape our box yet still exist within the grreater reality, we are likely to be shut away or disappeared, not in a nice way, for there would be no one to understand our new point of view. If we manage to really reach escape velocity and jump tracks, then any trace of our existence in the old reality, the one you are reading this in, without communication between the realities, would no longer exist. At least I think that would be the case. So I, or whoever manages the jump, will be unable to share what they have discovered, assuming they can even remember what life was like before they jumped.

I think I am getting a headache.

To be clear, I cannot escape the box and communicate to those left in the box. I am not sure, because of my conditioned existence, that such a place as ‘out of the box’ even exists. Does madness await me out of the box, or am I already mad within the box but have not, as yet, realised it?

I think, at least I think it is me thinking, that for the time being I will be content just expanding the box. Putting a few feelers out, testing the limits, before taking the plunge. Assuming a plunge is possible.. So many unknowns. Part of the fun I guess, the total uncertainty of the unknown.

A bit like dying in a way.

If you don’t receive anymore newsletters from me, you know why..

see you on the other side.

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http://www.ericdowsett.com/the-benefits-of-the-french-retreat/#respondWed, 08 Oct 2014 03:58:21 +0000http://www.ericdowsett.com/?p=2406Being in the retreat in France was an amazing experience. It opened many doors into my personal being. I’ve learned a lot, about clearing, myself, people around me and life in general.

Clearing is like a basic practical skill to learn. Once you know what it is about, you wonder how you could have got along without it, in your ‘previous/normal’ life. Once your heart is opened, there is no way back. It’s wonderful to be able to help yourself, your family and friends with clearing. It’s now part of my whole being and can’t think of living without this practical knowledge. Thanks a lot!

R. The Netherlands

This retreat was great! The group became very close & open during the week. I got to another state: more relaxed, open and without judgment and closer to the inner me.

This week has changed me; I’ve become more confident and relaxed. Upon return my partner, friends and colleagues noticed I was more at ease and much less stressed than before! I definitely can recommend this week!

A. The Netherlands

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http://www.ericdowsett.com/get-your-point-of-view-here/#commentsWed, 08 Oct 2014 03:41:36 +0000http://www.ericdowsett.com/?p=2403Today I am selling points of view. I have no investment, you understand, in any of the points of view I am selling, I am just the middle man.

Take your pick from what is on offer.

It is always a challenge to understand why you have preferences for certain points of view. Why you choose one over another, why you believe that any point of view is more important than any other.

Most of the points of view on offer today are free of charge, at least initially. Most, if not all, are going to require maintenance. They are going to take time and energy to develop, without a doubt they are going to cost, money, sometimes lots of money. The ones to look out for, be a little wary of are those that come full of promise with no deposit required. They are the ones that are going to cost a lot, in terms of the financial obligations that follow commitment.

Also be on the lookout for those that offer you freedom, for those the cost is going to be higher, and not always financial, for those the price is your soul. These particular points of view are most commonly held by the collective and are thus not so easy to see through and avoid. In our naivety we accept these points of view, before we can even question the wisdom of our choice we are committed and sink deeper into the mire that is the point of view.

Often, as a result of our accepting a point of view, other points of view become available. Our choices are limited, based on some fundamental points of view we either inherited or otherwise acquired. These ‘foundational’ points of view are not so easy to escape from, we hardly realise they are points of view, so escaping from them is never considered an option. Instead, to make life more comfortable, we seek out other points of view, according to our desires, which are, invariably, based upon initial points of view.

So, when choosing from my Bazaar, my cornucopia, my suitcase of points of view, try to remember that the person choosing is totally lost in previous points of view, to the point where any clarity about which point of view would serve you best has been long lost. It matters little which one you choose, I am happy because you think you have what you need and, for the time being at least, are happy with your choice. We are all happy, wonderful.

Happy until your newly acquired point of view starts to age, to show cracks around the edges, starts to fall apart. Starts to make demands upon you, requires you spend more money to maintain it, or, worse yet, you see through the illusory nature of your point of view and question its validity. When you outgrow your point of view the initial feelings can be very confusing. What to do, hang on a little longer, in case the point of view was valid, you are just having doubts? Or walk away, leaving behind all those friends you have made along the way, friends who can no longer communicate with you because you no longer belong to the club?

Many points of view have back up plans for occasions just like this, they are experienced when doubt shows up and have whole packages of doubt busting points of view, each designed to encourage you to continue holding the initial point of view yet lead you further into the depths of that point of view making it harder to entertain thoughts of doubt.

For those lost in their point of view have become masters at justifying their point of view, at explaining their point of view with clever, smaller, points of view.

If we were to consider the point of view that subscribing to any one point of view leads to the adoption of other points of view, each taking us further from the place we thought we were going when we accepted the original point of view, then points of view are valueless. At least while we take them so seriously.

This world is made up of points of view. There is nothing that isn’t a point of view. Even this statement is a point of view. They are everywhere, seemingly impossible to escape from, for each time I offer you a new one, or a remodelled old one, I am just adding to your burden, but hey, who am I to tell you which point of view is best for you. You have to try them all on for size before deciding which one suits you best. Or perhaps, you are tired of defending your points of view. What then?

You wake up one morning, if you are lucky, and say to yourself, this point of view no longer serves me. What then, do you cast it aside, like a worn out piece of clothing, send it off to be recycled, maybe someone else would like your used point of view.

Is it so easy to walk away from a point of view?

Whatever you are thinking right now is a product of a point of view.

Whatever you are feeling right now is a product of a point of view.

Even your emotional responses are the products of various points of view.

Walking away from a point of view means walking away from who you thought / think yourself to be. Most points of view are insidious, they creep up on you, entangling you in their web of points of view and sub points of view to the point you are no longer conscious it was a point of view that started this journey at all.

Disengaging from points of view is an art, a unique point of view in itself. For how does one disengage from something that permeates your total being, something that does not even appear on the radar of possibilities, for each point of view demands action, requires you to take it seriously. It holds you in its embrace so tightly that there are no alternatives.

Trade ins are always welcome. I will gladly take your old point of view and either supply a new one, the choices are limitless, but I might, if you don’t mind, suggest one of the new, disposable points of view. They have a limited shelf life, presuming you take them seriously for long enough to maximise the benefits. Some of the later models, the improved points of view, have been designed to self destruct, so, no matter how seriously you take them they are guaranteed to blow up in your face before you get too lost in them, marvellous eh!

If you are interested in top of the range points of view then I suggest you start with one of the self destruct models. They prepare you for the rarified points of view that only those who have had points of view explode in their face often enough can handle.

If you are confused now, remember that is just a point of view. There is no charge for that one, as long as you don’t think it is yours. Any claim to ownership of any of the points of view mentioned in any of my work requires you enter a contract and agree to abide by the particular rules of that point of view, sub sections notwithstanding. At some point in the future the price of that point of view will become obvious and you will be expected to pay it.

In the meantime, the Bazaar is always open, feel free to step in, have a browse, try one on, see how it fits.. Everyone is trying to sell their favourite, few offer unlimited choices.

We appear to have many choicesif we are interested in any field of personal development.

So many choices, so many things to do. There is a sub-conscious process happening that eliminates many of the choices out there. Our past conditioning, our sub-conscious preferences, is already directing us down a particular pathway. That pathway makes many of the choices available invisible, we don’t see them, we don’t hear about them, to us they do not exist.

Having, in a sense, already predetermined the path, we seek out tools, means, ways, by which we can develop the aspects of ourselves that we feel are ‘who we are’. So, from the vast ranges of choices, we have just a few, even these few choices can be overwhelming.

Now we rely on the feedback from friends, their excitement, their passion for any course they have attended to help guide us. But still there is an inner voice, if we were but to focus on it, that directs us through the sea of choices, to that which is most appropriate for us.

Still, there can be hesitation, is this really what I want to spend time and money on?

For those who have heard about ‘clearing’ from a friend, or just browsing the internet, who are thinking about coming along to a workshop, why not try a Skype consult first, experience the benefits of ‘clearing’ for yourself, then decide if this is for you or not.

Anyone who chooses a skype consult, and then attends a workshop will get a free 30 minute follow up session..

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http://www.ericdowsett.com/clearing-and-chronic-fatigue/#respondWed, 09 Jan 2013 10:33:07 +0000http://www.ericdowsett.com/?p=2143I first met Eric back in 2000 when I decided that I wanted to learn to Dowse – I found him online and within 10 days I was on his 5 day residential course close to Vancouver.

How little did I realize that a snap decision like that would change my life so much and indeed possibly even save my life.

Fast forward to 2012 where over a 5 month period I began to experience some significant health issues. Conventional medicine could uncover no other cause than Chronic Fatigue and conventional medicine could offer no hope of a ‘quick fix’ cure (or indeed a long fix cure). In fact conventional medicine as those of you who have suffered from CFS/ME will know can offer virtually nothing at all apart from rest.

I went from being a very active and fit person to one who was so exhausted that just getting my daughter to school was as much as I could manage. Anything over and above this was almost impossible.

So, I mailed Eric to ask if he could help – he responded immediately.

Over a 3 week period Eric and I met on Skype where he was able to do personal clearing for me. The improvement was dramatic even from the very first clearing as within 2 hours I had the energy to sit and be with my family for the first time in weeks. As the days wore on and I had more sessions my energy levels increased and the length of time I had the energy for also increased. The energy ‘outages’ I had been experiencing got less and less and shorter in length.

I am now pretty much back to normal thanks to Eric and his remarkable skill of ‘being’ and I thank him from the bottom of my heart for this.